Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering Partnerships
Values-based value chains and farm to school programs are two aspects of the alternative agri-food system that have received a great deal of attention recently from scholars and practitioners. This paper chronicles two separate pilot efforts to create value chains for mid-scale farms to supply large...
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| author | David S. Conner Andrew Nowak JoAnne Berkenkamp Gail W. Feenstra Julia Van Soelen Kim Toni Liquori Michael W. Hamm |
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| description | Values-based value chains and farm to school programs are two aspects of the alternative agri-food system that have received a great deal of attention recently from scholars and practitioners. This paper chronicles two separate pilot efforts to create value chains for mid-scale farms to supply large school districts' food-service operations with more healthful, local, and sustainably produced foods, using a modified farm to school model. Early farm to school efforts were mostly farm-direct, a model that poses difficulty for large districts, which often require some kind of intermediary to procure the volume and form of products required for the scale of their food-service operations. Value chains have the potential to address this issue, as part of a more broad-based sustainable school food procurement model that can met the needs of large districts. The lessons learned about the various roles scholars and community partners might play in creating, sustaining, and monitoring performance of these value chains are highlighted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edc2950fb0a646f0afa02b8491266aa12023-09-03T00:46:58ZengLyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012016-07-011410.5304/jafscd.2011.014.00557Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering PartnershipsDavid S. Conner0Andrew Nowak1JoAnne Berkenkamp2Gail W. Feenstra3Julia Van Soelen Kim4Toni Liquori5Michael W. Hamm6University of VermontSlow Food DenverInstitute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, DavisColumbia UniversityMichigan State UniversityValues-based value chains and farm to school programs are two aspects of the alternative agri-food system that have received a great deal of attention recently from scholars and practitioners. This paper chronicles two separate pilot efforts to create value chains for mid-scale farms to supply large school districts' food-service operations with more healthful, local, and sustainably produced foods, using a modified farm to school model. Early farm to school efforts were mostly farm-direct, a model that poses difficulty for large districts, which often require some kind of intermediary to procure the volume and form of products required for the scale of their food-service operations. Value chains have the potential to address this issue, as part of a more broad-based sustainable school food procurement model that can met the needs of large districts. The lessons learned about the various roles scholars and community partners might play in creating, sustaining, and monitoring performance of these value chains are highlighted.https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/57Farm To SchoolLarge School DistrictsParticipatory ResearchPartnershipsPractitionersSchool Meals |
| spellingShingle | David S. Conner Andrew Nowak JoAnne Berkenkamp Gail W. Feenstra Julia Van Soelen Kim Toni Liquori Michael W. Hamm Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering Partnerships Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Farm To School Large School Districts Participatory Research Partnerships Practitioners School Meals |
| title | Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering Partnerships |
| title_full | Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering Partnerships |
| title_fullStr | Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering Partnerships |
| title_full_unstemmed | Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering Partnerships |
| title_short | Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering Partnerships |
| title_sort | value chains for sustainable procurement in large school districts fostering partnerships |
| topic | Farm To School Large School Districts Participatory Research Partnerships Practitioners School Meals |
| url | https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/57 |
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